Plans for Shibboleth SP 2.1 debian packages

[Patrik Schnellmann]

Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Patrik Schnellmann <patrik.schnellmann at switch.ch> writes:
> 
>> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>>
>>> Of course as soon as library incompatibilities arise, this won't be a
>>> question any more.  According to Russ, this already happened...
>>> Stay tuned.
[...]
> They are still installable from unstable or testing (that's what we do
> on our systems), so I don't work on getting them into lenny-backports.
> Actually, I can recall reading that if a package is installable from
> testing, it isn't eligible for backports.  I can't find a reference
> now, though...
This page <http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contribute>
mentions:
"To guarantee an upgrade path from stable+backports to the next stable, the
package should be in testing.."

So, the preconditions are o.k.

> Why isn't using testing (squeeze) as a source an option for you?
Well, most of the administrators don't like to maintain systems with mixed
distribution sources (apart from backports of course). It's what I mentioned
in my mail on 2.4.2009:

> Patrik Schnellmann <patrik.schnellmann at switch.ch> writes:
> > I think it makes sense maintaining a backport which just depends on
> > library version in lenny. The versions of the libraries in testing and
> > lenny are going to diverge within time. And maintaining systems with
> > mixed packages from lenny and testing can get very cumbersome.
Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Of course as soon as library incompatibilities arise, this won't be a
> question any more.  According to Russ, this already happened...
> Stay tuned.

> You know, maintaining backport branches is extra burden, which I'd
> like to avoid as long as possible.
Yes, of course and one has to think twice about where to invest the time.
I'd be really happy to see lenny-backports for the Shib SP 2.1. And I think
people will appreciate that.

Best regards,
Patrik

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